"Back in my college days I was strictly a
liberal arts kind of guy. I managed to get by with only four business classes
and one of those was a typing course. Before I graduated, however, I wanted to
take my Dad’s business law class. . ."

Prologue
to Harry’s NapPublished
Jan,
5, 2006"When
my kids were little and I was a stay-at home-Dad I told them a true story. After
all their giggling I decided to write it down. . ."

CANNEDPublished Feb
3, 2006
"There’s nothing like flying over the world’s biggest parking
lot to help you focus on
America
’s addiction to oil. . ."

Published
March
2, 2006 "After I returned from a brief trip up the North
shore I found an envelope waiting for me in the mail."

I'm
taking Lincoln with mePublished
Mar 16,
2006
"Ididn't switch political parties after 35 years of being a Republican just
because I think our Commander-and-Chief is the least competent president since
Warren Harding or the most disastrous president since Andrew Johnson botched
Reconstruction. . ."

"When I was elected to the Duluth School Board a decade ago
Minnesota
ranked fifth in per-pupil spending among the states. Our current nation topping
SAT scores are built on that level of spending. Today,
Minnesota
only ranks 23rd among the 50 states in per-pupil spending."

The
Aborted GirlPublished
Apr
27, 2006
"In 1990 I was ecstatic when the popular Republican, State Auditor,
Arne Carlson replaced the opportunistic, “pro-life,” political hack who had
defeated him in the gubernatorial primary with the help of naive religious
conservatives. . ."

"Last November I had great fun writing about the dirty business
which may have helped launch Jim Obertstar’s career as one of
Washington
DC
's preeminent pork chasers. My column casually mentioned, Don Boyd, a man who
was endlessly described by the press during the scandal as the principal suspect
behind the embezzlement of a million Federal dollars..."

Published
June 8,
2006 "Can a purple
America
rise up out of the ashes of the Red and
Blue
States
? That’s the desire of a group of influential folks who hope to nominate a
centrist politician for President in 2008."

Ford Bell is a
philanthropistPublished
June
22,
2006 "Ford Bell is a philanthropist. He must be. I heard
it on public radio when he announced that he was going to challenge Amy
Klobuchar in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. . ."